Benny

Definitions

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Benny, Jack Originally Benjamin Kubelsky. 1894-1974. American comedian known for his delayed comic delivery and for his shows on radio (1932-1955) and television (1950-1965), which featured sketches based on his fictitious miserliness, constant age of 39, and inexpert violin playing.

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n. A stupid or dull-witted person.

n. A temper tantrum

n. A one-hundred-dollar bill.

proper n. A male nickname for Benjamin.

proper n. A female nickname for Bernice or Bernadette.

Etymologies

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Shortened from the given nameBenjamin.

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Shortened from the given namesBernice and Bernadette.

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From the name of a dull-witted character in the British soap opera Crossroads

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From the name of Benjamin Franklin, whose portrait is on the bill

Examples

He gave three away and kept the fourth, the smallest male, which he called Benny, as a pet for thirteen years.

While "Benny" is not fishing slang, you do hear things like "Googan," "Jabronie," and "Jamoke" in my area to describe those guys that troll through your chum slick, weasel in right next to you on the jetty, or are just clueless when it comes to the local fishing scene, eagerly dropping hundreds on whatever the tackle shop owner says they need when three lures is all it takes.

For those unfamiliar (and most probably are) "Benny" is a slang term given by Jersey Shore locals to summer visitors from the northern metro towns of Bayonne, Elizabeth, Newark, or anyone from New York.

And when Benny gave Mark a free lease and Mark refuses it, I felt wronged - mostly because if I were in Benny's shoes, that's what I would do, try to bargain and compromise, and still fight to get what others want.

Benny is having doubts about his relationship with Joss: doubts about being so involved with a girl while his mother is dying; doubts about a physical relationship and sex; doubts about Joss, a daughter of divorced parents in a very Catholic town.